Research Highlights
HKUMed Prof Kathryn Cheah Elected Foreign Member of Academia Europaea
Professor Kathryn Cheah, Emeritus Chair Professor of the School of Biomedical Sciences at the LKS Faculty of Medicine of HKU, has been elected as a Foreign Member of Academia Europaea (Academy of Europe). This prestigious international honour recognises Professor Cheah’s lifelong dedication to the field of biomedical sciences and her transformative contributions to the understanding of developmental genetics.
More HKUMed Prof Kathryn Cheah Elected Foreign Member of Academia EuropaeaHKU Engineer Jiawei Zhou Receives 2026 Croucher Innovation Award
Professor Jiawei Zhou, Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering under the Faculty of Engineering at HKU, has been honoured with the 2026 Croucher Tak Wah Mak Innovation Award for his groundbreaking research in thermal management.
More HKU Engineer Jiawei Zhou Receives 2026 Croucher Innovation AwardNobel Laureate Prof Ferenc Krausz Elected as NAS International Member
Professor Ferenc Krausz, Chair Professor of Laser Physics in the Department of Physics, Faculty of Science at HKU, has been elected as an International Member of the National Academy of Sciences, USA (NAS), in recognition of his outstanding contributions to ultrafast laser science and attosecond physics.
More Nobel Laureate Prof Ferenc Krausz Elected as NAS International Member

